Specialist, Software Engineering (SDET) in Ottawa

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Ottawa (ON); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: English Essential

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $86,816.59 to $108,520.74 and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system. At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams. Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We're committed to advancing employment equity and fostering an inclusive workplace. To reflect the diversity of Canada’s population, we encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, veterans, and racialized peoples. We also welcome applications from all individuals eligible to work in Canada. We are also committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and supporting the meaningful inclusion of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis voices and priorities. While this position is hybrid requiring some in-office presence, a work from home arrangement may be considered for First Nations candidates on reserve or Indigenous candidates that reside further than 125KM from a CMHC office.

About The Role

Join the Business Solutions Engineering Team, in the Specialist, Software Engineering (SDET) position, where we are developing the next generation of software applications to enable CMHC to achieve its strategy. Your skills and passion for application development, programming, user-centric design and software reliability will support the development and maintenance of CMHC’s business platforms and other applications to propel CMHC forward efficiently and securely.

What You’ll Do

• Actively participate in the elaboration of various types of manual and automated tests (functional, end to end, performance, regression, UI components, API testing, etc.).
• Help define and implement quality standards, guidelines, tooling strategies and test automation processes.
• Design, configure and manage testing environments and test data.
• Design, implement and maintain scripts and automated testing solution for applications and services.
• Collaborate with developers to promote testing best practices and drive test automation adoption by promoting a shift-left testing culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements, refine acceptance criteria and ensure test coverage.
• Complete application development projects of higher complexity, including the programs to be coded, for implementation into production.

What You Should Have

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or SDET roles.
• Strong hands‑on coding experience with UI, API, and integration test automation frameworks.
• Experience with accessibility testing techniques and standards (WCAG 2.1 AA, axe‑core, screen readers).
• Experience building testing frameworks and libraries and test strategy.
• Strong understanding of the test pyramid and shift‑left testing principles.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations.
• Strong interpersonal and business competencies, including teamwork, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

Technologies

• Strong proficiency with UI Testing tools such as Playwright and Cypress for modern browser automation.
• Hands‑on experience with API Testing tools such as Postman, REST Assured, and Pact for contract and integration testing.
• Hands‑on experience using K6 or JMeter to evaluate system performance and load behavior.
• Hands‑on experience in identifying accessibility defects with manual and automated tools and provide corrective measures.
• Proficient in integrating tests into pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Solid scripting and development skills in NodeJS, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, SQL or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of tools like SonarQube, Accessibility testing, and SAST/DAST tools for security and quality analysis.

It Would Be Great If You Also Had

• Exposure to test data management and mocking tools.
• Experience with Tricentris Tosca testing automation tool is an asset.
• Experience implementing test observability or flakiness tracking.
• Experience in the insurance or finance sectors.
• Some knowledge of MS Dynamics 365 CRM.

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Standby and Call Back duties are a requirement of this position and will be subject to CMHC policies, including the Standby and Call Back Pay Procedure.